September 2006 - Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1919

YOUR NEXT PURPLE HEART EVENT DATES
VOL 7-2
— SEPTEMBER
PATRIOT
BULLETIN 2006
13 SEP — EXECUTIVE STAFF MEETING, 12 NOON, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
16 SEP — 10AM, CHAPTER MEETING, CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
2 OCT — 6:30AM, “BREAKFAST AT JIM’S” HWY 183 AT BURNET RD
PATRIOT BULLETIN
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE U.S.A.
TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919
9 OCT — 6PM, “OUTBACK APPRECIATION NITE,” 713 E HUNTLAND DR
SEPTEMBER
...Come To Our Next Meeting…
10AM, SATURDAY, SEPT 16th
CAMP MABRY, MUSEUM (Bldg. #6)
Summer vacation is over, school is back in session
and Chapter 1919 resumes our schedule of regular
monthly meetings. Resolve now to be a faithful
attendee and start by not missing this first month
back. After the meeting agenda is concluded, our
Special Guest Speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas H. Magness, an Army War College fellow
at the University of Texas. His presentation is
LT COL THOMAS H. MAGNESS
titled “The Business of Leaders,” and will include
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
current events and what is going on in the Army
AUGUST 2006
today. Come and hear him. After the meeting, all
inclined to do so meet for lunch at the Luby’s Cafeteria at MOPAC and Steck.
THE ENTRANCE TO CAMP MABRY IS WEST OF MOPAC ON 35TH STREET AT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INSTALLATION.
COME PREPARED
TO SHOW DRIVER’S LICENSE PICTURE ID AT ENTRANCE GUARD POST.
...This Month’s Feature, See Page 8...
CLYDE CARMAN
CLYDE WAS THE CAMERA OPERATOR ON A PHOTO RECON
B-24 IN THE 15TH AIR FORCE IN WWII, WOUNDED WHEN HIS
AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY FLAK ON JULY 17, 1944 ON A MISSION
SUPPORTING THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF GI’s WATCHED AS CLYDE’S PLANE
DITCHED OFFSHORE IN SPECTACULAR FASHION IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SHIPS OF THE INVASION FLEET. CHAPTER
1919 HAS SEVERAL PATRIOTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE
INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. IF YOU SAW CLYDE’S B-24
DITCH IN THE SEA THAT DAY, TELL US ABOUT IT.
INSIDE:
LEADER BOARD
2-3
NEW MEMBERS
4
ADJUTANTS CALL
5
NEWS / FEATURE / PHOTOS
4 - 12
BIRTHDAYS / BOOSTERS
12 - 13
TRIBUTES / MEMORIALS
14 - 15
CHAPTER CALENDAR
16
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Chapter Notes
WE HAVE JUST HAD
ONE OF THE BEST
PURPLE HEART DAY
CELEBRATIONS
EVER, AND HAVE
BEEN TO NATIONAL
CONVENTION, ALL
ABOUT THAT IS IN
THIS ISSUE…..
COMMANDER’S MESSAGE
T
chapter 1919’s success in newsletter publication.
Sean Carr was our top volunteer at the Coffee Bar
with over 1700 hours, Sean, thanks from our
volunteer coordinator, Raymond Diaz, and myself.
The Department of Texas will be pushing
membership this year. California is second in the
nation and, if the trend of the recent past continues,
California will catch up with and then surpass Texas
in the next few years. As a little side note, the price
of gas in California was $3.37 a gallon. I will not
complain about the price of gas in Texas, or the
potholes in the freeways again.
he hot days of summer are almost over; I for one
would enjoy cooler days. We still need to take Our “Purple Heart Day” observance last month was,
care and not let ourselves get overheated. Check on
in my opinion, a great meeting. If you missed it, we
your friends, especially the elderly, frequently.
had a catered BBQ lunch with all trimmings and it
was absolutely outstanding. I
Elaine and I returned from
want to thank Jim Brown, Sean
Los Angeles on August 20th.
Carr, John Eli, Joe Hartness,
We were at the 2006 National
and others who helped set up the
Purple Heart and LAMOPH
room for the meeting and then
Convention. There were some
stayed after it was over to put
changes made to the MOPH’s
everything back like we found it.
By-Laws, changes that would
The meeting was very interesting
be considered minor by most
because of a new Power Point
of us, but; nonetheless, many
presentation that has just been
improvements were made to
put together by Milton and
streamline things. Our Chapter
Howard. It was a 15-minute
1919 did very well with two
“slide show” with pictures of all
ribbons awarded for
the nearly 70 Patriots that have
recruiting, and this year’s
appeared as monthly features in
award for “Best Purple Heart
the chapter newsletter over the
Chapter Newsletter in the
years. Adjutant Milt would like
Nation” the prestigious John
even more Patriot pictures, send
E. Binnion Award (see Inset), was presented to
digital pictures and some information about your
Chapter 1919 at the convention. Our newsletter is the military service unit. Call me for more information at
result of a lot of hard work by Patriots Milt Carr and 339-8034.
Howard McKinney and we have them to thank for
THE PATRIOT BULLETIN IS PUBLISHED, NORMALLY MONTHLY, BY THE TEXAS
CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919, The MILITARY ORDER of the PURPLE HEART of the U.S.A.,
Inc., 5701 PAINTED VALLEY DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759, FOR ITS MEMBERS.
TO SUBMIT MATERIAL, OR COMMENTS, OR TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS,
NOTIFY EDITOR, MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940. YOU CAN VIEW OUR NEWSLETTER
IN COLOR ON YOUR COMPUTER. GO TO WEBSITE: www.purpleheartaustin.org
Yours in Patriotism,
Federico Rey
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Unit Notes
…. BUT,
WHAT’S
IMPORTANT
NOW IS OUR
NEXT MEETING
PLEASE COME
AND BE WITH
US ON SAT.
SEPT 16TH ...
Region V President. She did a great
job at Department and we know she
will do equally well at Region V.
CHAPTER / UNIT
1919
OFFICERS, MOPH CHAPT 1919
NOTE: ALL AREA CODES ARE ( 512 )
COMMANDER
A special thanks goes out to the ladies
that helped in making Purple Heart
Day a success. Betty Cepeda, Julie
Bridgwater, and Valerie Dye helped
serve the cake, and Eileen Dieter
helped clean up the tables. Thanks
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
also to John Burkhardt, Barbara
Hanson and others who donated
e have returned from the 2006
towards the purchase of linens for the
MOPH and LAMOPH National
Family Support Group of our adopted
Convention in Los Angles. Our newly
unit in Iraq, the 3rd Bn, 16th Artillery.
elected National President is Nancy
Lee Birschbach. All new officers will
The date for the battalion’s return to
be listed in Purple Heart Magazine.
Fort Hood has not yet been set. But,
when they do come home, the
President Birschbach announced her
officer’s and enlisted men’s wives
first initiative is to get new members
will help welcome the unit home by
from the Chapters to join our Units.
Secretary Betty Cepeda and I will start going to the barracks, making up the
by sending out applications to join our beds and leaving a “welcome home
Unit. If you are the wife of a Patriot in basket” for each of the returning
single enlisted soldiers. The basket
Chapter 1919, but; are not yourself a
on each bed will have personal
member of our Ladies Auxiliary Unit
1919, then please consider joining us. comfort items (so that they will not
We welcome you to become as deeply have to run out to the PX the first day
involved as you wish, but; it is equally they are back), and it will have
OK to join even if you must be inactive cookies! “Saint Al’s Gals” from
Saint Albert the Great Catholic
because of ill health or other reasons.
The important thing is that we add new Church plan to bake 300 dozen
members. Without continued growth in cookies so that each soldier will have
membership, LAMOPH Unit 1919 will a dozen fresh, home-baked cookies
cease to exist. Please, when you get the in their basket. Fred and I will take
application, I hope you will answer the the cookies up to Fort Hood and assist
need by joining. All you have to do is the battalion ladies in setting up the
fill out the blank form, add a check for barracks — We could use the help of
dues, and return it to us in the enclosed Unit 1919 ladies in doing this, call me
if you would like to participate.
self-addressed, stamped envelope that
you will find included in the letter.
W
Carolyn Cooper, our Past Dept of
Texas President, has been elected
COMMAND AND
PRINCIPAL STAFF
God Bless,
Elaine
FRED REY
339-8034
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
ARMANDO YBARRA
444-5932
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
JOE HARTNESS
964-1146
ADJUTANT
MILT CARR
343-7940
FINANCE OFFICER
RAY DIAZ
444-6342
SERVICE OFFICER
TONY MOORE
389-6543
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TONY GEISHAUSER
527-8495
JUDGE ADVOCATE
MARTIN L. ALLDAY, J.D.
206-0633
SURGEON
ROBERT BERNSTEIN,M.D. 345-5988
CHAPLAIN
SCOTT JOHNSON
301-7413
WELFARE OFFICER
RUFUS DYE
926-5691
SERGEANT AT ARMS
LESLIE ALLEN
892-3864
OFFICERS, LAMOPH UNIT 1919
PRESIDENT
ELAINE REY
339-8034
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
DENISE YBARRA
444-5932
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
ROSALIE DYE CASTILLO
272-4582
SECRETARY
BETTY CEPEDA
388-9083
TREASURER
BETTY CEPEDA
388-9083
TRUSTEES, 3-2-1
JULIE BRIDGEWATER (972) 488-9973
ELIZABETH LARSON
418-1342
JENNYNE BILSKY
338-1999
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NEW MEMBERS
National Headquarters has added four new members to the rolls of Chapter 1919 since
publication of last month’s PATRIOT BULLETIN. Welcome and Congratulations to all:
JAMES P. BRYANT is an Army Korean War veteran. He was wounded on Oct 28, 1950
while serving in Company D, 5th Regimental Combat Team.
JOHN S. LOFTON is an Army Vietnam veteran. John was in Company A, 4th Battalion,
31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade when wounded, June 7, 1967.
MARK W. WOODRUFF is a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, wounded at Phu Bai on
March 17, 1968 while serving in Co F, 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines.
LEWIS W. WRIGHT, III is an Army Vietnam veteran. He was assigned to the 200th Assault
Support Helicopter Co, 12th Aviation Group, wounded in April 1968 at Hue Phu Bai.
At “press-time” we had several additional applications in processing at National Headquarters.
JOHN C. BURKHARDT , Army, Vietnam.
JOHN E. LAW, Marine Corps, Vietnam.
...Our Next….
OUTBACK
APPRECIATION NITE
...Is Monday, October 9th at 6 PM…
The Outback Steakhouse at 713 E Huntland Dr. is
our most generous corporate “booster,” annually
donating all proceeds from a special Purple Santa
Benefit Luncheon that funds that program for the
entire year (this year’s luncheon will be on Saturday,
December 16th, put it on your calendar now). To
show Chapter 1919’s appreciation for that support,
“Purple Santa” urges our patriots and ladies to join
him with everybody coming out and buying their
supper and enjoying the meal together. Come after
work, about 6PM, Monday, October 9th. For easy
identification by the wait staff, wear something
purple if you’ve got it, so they can conveniently seat
us together in table groups. Come if you can !
...An Early….
PURPLE SANTA
PROJECT
An Elementary School that we support has a great
need for Books — all types, for children or for
grownups — new or used, hardback or paperback,
even comic books are welcome (but, no sexually
oriented content please). Patriots and Ladies, if you
have books that you no longer need, then bring them
to our next meeting, September 16th, and deposit
them in the “collection barrel” that will be
prominently placed in the entrance of the meeting
room at the adjutant’s reception station. Your
donated books will be put to good purpose by
assisting the school and those young students.
—Rufus Dye, Purple Santa Program Director
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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ADJUTANTS CALL
...Or Everything You Need To Know To Be A Recruiter...
A
mong all the areas of chapter administration there are few subjects that have not been
addressed at some time or other here in Adjutants Call. But, this month, appearing for
the first time, is a suggestion that any of our members can assist in recruiting. If you are not
serving the chapter as an officer or volunteer worker, but; nonetheless would like to help in
some way, then one of the most valuable contributions that you could make would be to
sign-up a new member. Being a volunteer recruiter is easy, and it’s something you can take
up on your own. Most of us already know one or more veterans in our circle of friends and
acquaintances that are purple heart recipients that are not yet MOPH members. Don’t wait
for someone else to do so, take on the task of signing them up as your personal challenge.
I said it’s easy, your own individual recruiting kit comes in the mail every two months. Take
your last issue of Purple Heart Magazine and tear out the Membership Application Blank.
Make a point of having it with you when you expect to encounter your prospective recruit.
This is important because the probability of success is greatest when you have an application
with you and take the initiative by assisting your prospect in filling it out. Your chances are
less if you just leave the application and ask them to return it to you later; and the probability
of success is lowest when you do not have an application blank available when you make
your sales pitch and leave them with a promise to send them one in the mail afterwards.
You are a MOPH paperwork expert, even if you do not realize it, because you have already
successfully applied yourself, and the rules haven’t changed since you did so. Only three
things are required, a completed (and signed) application, documented proof-of-award of the
purple heart (preferably the DD214 showing “purple heart” in the awards and decorations
block of the form), together with the applicant’s choice of Annual or Life membership dues .
Once you have the completed application, within Chapter 1919, please mail that paperwork
to me: Adjutant, Milt Carr, Chapter 1919, MOPH, 5701 Painted Valley Drive, Austin,
Texas 78759. This will enable us to immediately put the applicant on our newsletter mailing
labels list and have the phone callers network invite them to our next meeting without delay.
I’ll be looking for an envelope with a new member application in the mail from you soon.
As Commander Fred Rey mentioned, we have a Power-Point slide show presentation with a
slide for each of our members featured in past newsletters, and will be happy to add one for
any other member of Chapter 1919 for whom we have a photo (in uniform sometime during
the war in which you were wounded). E-Mail your digital photo as an attachment to
[email protected], or send by regular mail to the adjutant at the above address
and your original photo will be scanned for use and sent back to you by return mail.
“Booster” Publications is several months behind in sending booster booklets to those who
have made donations recently. We are deliberating an upgrade to the quality and distribution
before printing the next updated booklet, so please bear with us a little longer. If you have
sent in a contribution recently, you are on the list and you will not be forgotten when the
time comes to mail them out.
—MILT CARR, Adjutant, (512) 343-7940
NATIONWIDE
MEMBERSHIP
BY STATE
TX
CA
PA
FL
NJ
MI
NY
OH
VA
AZ
NC
WI
CT
GA
IL
WV
MN
OK
TN
NM
SC
LA
MO
MA
KY
MD
WA
MS
IN
AL
AR
CO
OR
NE
HI
IA
KS
ID
NV
MT
DE
AK
RI
NH
VT
UT
GU
WY
SD
ND
PR
3,412
2,949
2,623
2,543
2,514
2,116
2,015
1,355
1,034
905
881
840
830
819
798
720
678
661
655
649
640
633
587
565
561
551
544
532
531
506
478
439
354
335
285
277
273
227
216
202
197
188
165
141
127
125
86
63
61
26
26
TOTAL = 39,005
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...A Report On Chapter 1919’s Last Meeting, Our…
PURPLE HEART DAY CELEBRATION
...In The Museum At Camp Mabry…
COMMANDER FRED REY OPENS THE MEETING. PHOTO OF THE SERVING LINE IN THE MAIN GALLERY. SNAPSHOT
BELOW IS OF THE MEETING HALL WHERE EVERYONE IS BUSY EATING.
AS WAS EARLIER REPORTED, OUR LONGTIME CHAPTER MASCOT, “PAPPY,” DIED
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. PATRIOT AND
LADY, THE JOHNNIE MATL’S, SURPRISED
US BY COMING TO THIS MEETING WITH A
YOUNG PUPPY THAT IS “PAPPY’S HEIR
APPARENT,” AND HE WAS A BIG HIT WITH
EVERYONE. PICTURED BELOW IS LADY
ELIZABETH LARSON TAKING HER TURN IN
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
BEFORE IT WAS CONSUMED AS DESSERT, THE
ART WORK ON THE 224th ANNIVERSARY CAKE
FOR THE PURPLE HEART WAS ADMIRED BY ALL
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COACH RUDY BAUTISTA (AT THE PODIUM), CAME TO OUR PURPLE
HEART DAY GATHERING TO THANK THE CHAPTER FOR SPONSORSHIP
OF THIS YEAR’S LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM, THE “TWINS,” AND
TO REPORT ON THE TEAM’S SEASON (THEY WON 22 AND LOST ONLY
ONE GAME), AND TO PRESENT THE TEAM’S COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE
(SHOWN HERE) TO COMMANDER FRED REY
STEPHANIE DIINA-DEMPSEY, DIRECTOR OF THE ACC FOUNDATION, TOOK THE PODIUM AND REPORTED ON THE PURPLE HEART
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND (FOR ALL VETERANS AND
SPOUSES FOR SELECTED COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES). FOR
THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING THE SUMMER TERM, $3,143
WAS USED TO PAY 13 VETERANS SCHOLARSHIPS
RECENTLY JOINED
MEMBERS ATTENDING
THEIR FIRST MEETING
ARE: (LEFT) PATRIOT
DAVID TOSH, AND RIGHT
PHOTO (CENTER) IS
JOHN BURKHARDT IN
CONVERSATION WITH
CHAPTER OFFICERS,
JOHN ELI, JAMES L.
BROWN, AND LES ALLEN
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P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
CLYDE S. CARMAN
Air Force, WWII, Europe
Patriot, Chapter 1919
Clyde S. Carman was born in Schenectady, New York in 1924. His family
lived in Saugerties when he was in grade school, then moved to Poughkeepsie.
He was a senior in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked and he
enlisted as soon as he turned eighteen, signing up with the understanding that
he would not be called to active duty until after graduation in the Spring of
1942. However, he reported, as ordered, to the induction station in New York
City and was sworn in on April 28, 1942, less than two weeks before the rest
of his class graduated at Poughkeepsie High School without him.
Clyde went through basic and advanced individual training in Miami, Florida.
Because of a shortage of military training installations early in WWII, civilian
facilities were pressed into service and so Private Carman was billeted in a
Miami hotel and trained on what had been a golf course. After that initial
course, he was assigned to a Bomb Group in Lakeland, Florida where he flew
Sub-Patrol missions off the Florida Coast. When the Bomb Group was
ordered to Europe, Clyde was among a small group of the men with
insufficient training to qualify for overseas deployment, so he was left behind.
He made up for that deficiency in a big way. The University of Alabama;
Nashville, Tennessee; Montgomery, Alabama; Decatur, Alabama; and Laredo,
Texas are just some of the places that he was sent for various courses. And
then, partly because he had prior experience in photography, Clyde Carman
was then sent to Denver, Colorado for training in aerial photography.
AIRMAN CLYDE CARMAN
1943
15TH AIR FORCE
PATCH
He was then posted to Sioux Falls Army Airfield in South Dakota, and there, he met and married a local girl,
a Miss Lillian Wentz. From there, Clyde was ordered to Colorado Springs, Colorado where B-24 crews were
being formed and put through crew training, and Lillian went with him. He was assigned as the Camera
Operator of a specially equipped B-24H that had an array of cameras installed in the space normally
occupied by the bomb racks. By late May 1944, their training complete, the crew deployed their aircraft to
Europe. Following the South Atlantic Ferry Route, they moved in stages, with the first step being a flight
down to Florida. Lillian followed from Colorado Springs and it
was not until the plane was ready to depart the United States that
Clyde sent her back home to South Dakota. Then, from Florida
the crew flew to Puerto Rico, and from there, to British Guiana
and on down to the eastern-most tip of Brazil. The longest leg of
the journey was the flight from Natal across the South Atlantic to
Africa arriving in Dakar, Senegal. Then after staging up through
North Africa, on June 5, 1944, eleven days after leaving the
United States, they flew into Giulia Field near Cerignola, Italy,
home base of their new unit, the 759th Bomb Squadron, 459th
Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force.
AIR FORCES PHOTO OF A FORMATION
OF B-24 BOMBERS DURING A MISSION
The photo plane “Our Baby” flew 27 combat missions. Normally
they would arrive over the target area about 30 minutes after a
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bombing raid, with Camera Operator, Sergeant Clyde Carman, taking pictures for headquarters to use in
bomb damage assessment. Clyde says, “Bill Zorb was our aircraft commander, he knew just how to bring
the plane in to my best advantage for getting good pictures.”
The photo reconnaissance aircraft from outward appearances was a normally configured B-24 bomber and
that lone aircraft coming in after a bombing raid, especially one looking just like the planes that had dropped
the bombs, naturally attracted a spirited and hostile response from the ground. On July 17, 1944, the B-24
“Our Baby” flew its last mission. Operation “Anvil-Dragoon,” the invasion of Southern France had just
been launched and Clyde Carman was photographing the target of an earlier bombing mission in support of
that operation when the aircraft was hit with heavy FLAK over the target area. Clyde took a shoulder wound
from a shell fragment. Lieutenants Hoff and Slavkin, and Sergeant Peake, were also wounded.
The pilot managed to keep the badly damaged B-24 in the air long enough to get out of France, but just
barely. They put the plane down in the middle of the ships of the invasion fleet offshore of the Cote d’Azure.
“Our Baby” remained afloat long enough for the closest ships to send small boats and take off the plane’s
crew before it sank. It took several days for the men to be returned to their unit in Italy and by the time they
got back to Giulia Field, Clyde’s shoulder wound had become badly infected. Sergeant Carman was then
hospitalized in the Bomb Group’s hospital in Cerignola, a well equipped civilian hospital building that had
been taken over by the Air Force’s medical personnel. He was reassigned to 15th Air Force Headquarters in
Bari upon his release from the hospital and Clyde Carman’s WWII flying days were over. For the remainder
of the war he worked with bomb target maps in the headquarters and he was promoted to Staff Sergeant.
After the war ended, Clyde Carman returned to the United States in August 1945. He was discharged at
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin in October and went home to Lillian in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He remained in
the reserves for another 6 years after leaving active duty. Clyde was employed by General Electric. In that
job he worked a large area of the mid-west while maintaining a home in Sioux Falls. Finally, he says, “I got
tired of freezing to death , so we moved to Texas in 1957.” They had family connections in Texas so it was
easy to make the transition. Except for a brief stay in Florida while Clyde assisted his parents there during
their declining years, Clyde and Lillian had resided in the Austin area for nearly 50 years before Lillian’s
death, on Valentine’s Day of this year. Clyde Carman has been a life member of Chapter 1919 for the past
seven years.
CREW OF THE 759th SQDN B-24 “OUR BABY”
CAMERA OPERATOR
STAFF SERGEANT
CLYDE S. CARMAN
1945
SGT CLYDE S. CARMAN
PREPARES TO SERVICE
HIS EQUIPMENT BEFORE
THE NEXT MISSION -1944
FROM FRONT LEFT:
PILOT BILL ZORB,
CO-PILOT LT EDWARDS, NAVIGATOR LIEUT
HOFF, BOMBARDIER LIEUT MORRIS SLAVKIN
STANDING FROM LEFT: CAMERA OPERATOR
SGT CLYDE CARMAN, TOP TURRET GUNNER
SGT LEROY HOSSLER, WAIST GUNNER SGT
WARREN PEAKE, AND THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
SGT AL HOLESKO
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P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS NEWS
...For Every MOPH Chapter & LAMOPH Unit…
There is one important administrative function that must be accomplished by all Chapters (as well as Dept)
prior to October 1st, otherwise it will result in loss of revenue for that chapter and the Department of Texas.
The annual “Life Member Verification Report” must be completed by chapter adjutants and the original copy
sent in and received by National Headquarters before October 1st. Submit 2nd (yellow page) copy to
Department Adjutant, John Footman. If your chapter does not have this blank form (see the image below),
then call me or Adjutant, John Footman right away, there isn’t much time left.
—Federico Rey, Commander, Department of Texas
MOPH
PHONE NUMBERS
COMMANDER
FEDERICO REY (512) 339-8034
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
VIRGIL ALDAG (940) 321-5852
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER
JOSE MORALES (254) 224-6982
ADJUTANT, JOHN FOOTMAN (254) 699-0079
FINANCE OFFICER, RAY DIAZ (512) 444-6342
SERVICE OFFICER
ROCKY HERNANDEZ (254) 628-1326
LAMOPH
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
ELAINE REY (512) 339-8034
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
BETTY CEPEDA (512) 278-0292
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT
MARTHA CHANEY (254) 575-8762
TREASURER
DORIS WARD (817) 556-0091
BIRTHDAYS FOR THE
LADIES AUXILIARY
Seven of our Unit 1919 ladies will be
celebrating this month and very Happy
Birthday wishes go all !
SEPTEMBER
2
4
5
16
17
20
26
MARILYN SWAN
VELIA CASTRO
BARBARA CARR
JOHNNIE MATL
ELIZABETH LARSON
VIRGINIA ROGERS
MARY FRANCES COWDEN
—ELAINE REY, Unit President
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ON THE INTERNET
...It’s There Every Month...
This newsletter was posted on the internet about ten days
before you received this paper copy in the mail. To see
for yourself, just log on at www.purpleheartaustin.org and
look through the menu and click on “September 2006
Newsletter.” The photos and graphics are in color and a
growing number of our members and friends are helping
us save on printing and mailing costs by notifying us to
stop sending them the paper copy. You can do so also.
Upon your request, chapter 1919 will inform you by
e-mail each month as soon PATRIOT BULLETIN is
available for viewing and we will suspend mailings to
you. To make sure we get your e-mail address correctly,
direct your request to: [email protected].
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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TWO CHAPTER 1919 PATRIOTS IN THE NEWS !
Patriots ALAN BABIN, and ARMANDO YBARRA
The news is happier now, for Alan and Armando, than it was when they first attracted public
attention so we will start off by showing you the “after shot” first and the“before shot” below.
In July, Patriot Alan Babin traveled to Anchorage,
Alaska to participate in the NATIONAL VETERANS
WHEELCHAIR GAMES. He came home a Silver
Medal winner. Nearly 600 athletes attended the
games. Alan competed in four events, bowling, quad
rugby, quad weightlifting and shot put. He won his
Silver Medal in his favorite competition, rugby. The
Paralyzed Veterans Assn. sponsored Alan’s trip.
“MISS ALASKA” WITH ALAN BABIN AND HIS SILVER MEDAL
Patriot Babin was wounded in the first few days of
combat in Iraq, in March 2003, while serving as a
medic in the 82nd Airborne Division and his therapy
and recovery are still continuing. Here is the earliest
photo that we had of Alan, from Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, May 2003, after one of 70 surgeries.
On Sunday evening, August 30th, Patriot Armando
Ybarra was a guest on the nationwide television
program, “War Stories with Ollie North” — that
episode of the weekly show on the Fox News
Channel focused on the fighting in Lebanon. The
host, Lt Col Oliver North traced the origins of the
current fighting all the way back to the 1983 terrorist
truck bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, and
at that point he introduced and conversed with his
special guest, Armando, who along with his wife,
Denise, had been flown to New York City to make
that special appearance. The reason they did so is
because the media did not forget. Twenty-three
years ago, as the young Marine, Armando Ybarra,
was rescued from the rubble of the bombed building
the photo below captured that moment in time and
this picture in 1983 went on the cover of Time and
Newsweek Magazines and TV coverage worldwide.
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PATRIOT BIRTHDAYS
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RAMON R. CORONADO
SEPTEMBER
RUBEN N. MARTINEZ
GILBERT R. MONTOYA
WILLIAM E. DOOLITTLE
RICKI LEE (RICK) GLENN
ROBERT McHANEY
WILLIAM D. WISCHMEYER
ROBERT L. WARD
WELDON W. TAYLOR
FRED M. (DOC) COX
FELIX B. SILVA JR.
TED A. BICKERSTAFF
EDWARD D. (ED) JONES
JAMES G. DRIETH
JERRELL W. HUDMAN
SAMUEL (SAM) FLORES
JACK G. LEDFORD
ROBERT H. (BOB) HARWOOD
ROBERT A. WHITMAN
JAMES S. HUFNALL
HERMAN C. HAYDON
ROBERT R. JONES
RALPH R. RICHARDSON
AUGUST J. KADERKA
HARRY G. DAVES JR.
HARRY W. LINBARGER
JOHN E. (JOHNNIE) HOLUB
JAY T. KIMBROUGH
DENVER K. MORRIS
STANLEY M. JANKIEWICZ
RODOLFO ALANIZ
ALFREDO C. LEYVA
JOHN W. THOMAS
RAYMOND M. DIAZ
JOHN B. (BOB) BEST
ROBERT S. HACKNEY
BILLY H. HUGHES
RALPH W. WATSON
SCOTT E. GIDEON
FLOYD H. (SONNY) LACKEY
ROBERTO MORENO
JOE VELASQUEZ
HENRY A. PAPKE
PAUL R. HOLSTIN
JOSEPH W. RUANE, III
GREG A. SCOTT
JOEL W. LEHMAN
ERNESTO G. (ERNIE) JIMENEZ JR.
CHARLES E. BONNEY
JOSEPH ZORNICK
OCTOBER
DANA M. BECKER
ARMANDO R. GARCIA
ARNOLD E. (A.E.) KAUFFMAN
FRED E. LORD
THOMAS A. LYKE
ORMEL I. (JACK) BOYD
CARL H. KLEIN
JOHNNIE L. MATL
ROBERT E. WILSON
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PURPLE HEART STAMP
“A FOREVER STAMP”
Patriot Fletcher Harris, who is Chapter 1919’s
most knowledgeable champion of the Purple Heart
Stamp, reports that he has had contact with the
offices of two congressmen that both tell him the
same thing. The Postal Service will soon choose a
First-Class Stamp that will be a “Forever Stamp.”
Forever meaning that the design will not change,
even after the rates go up. It will always be good for
mailing a 1st-Class letter no matter when you
purchased it. Also, it will never go out of
circulation because it will always be available at the
rate current at the time of your purchase.
Serious consideration is being given to the idea of
adoption of the Purple Heart Stamp to be the new
“Forever Stamp.” But, Fletcher says, both
congressmen warned him that opposition could
develop and public pressure will be needed if the
Purple Heart Stamp is to be the choice. PATRIOT
BULLETIN appeals to everyone in MOPH who has
the ability to influence the action, to voice support
of adoption of the purple heart stamp design for the
forever stamp.
VA CLINIC COFFEE BAR
VOLUNTEER SERVERS
Chapter 1919 welcomes new volunteer
workers for our “Coffee Bar” at the clinic
which serves coffee, orange juice and snack
packets, free of charge, to all comers every
day the clinic is open to patients. Those
newly signed up are (our new Chapter
Chaplain), Scott “Padre” Johnson, also
John Wilkins and Joe Trevino. Several
others on our volunteer list have had to
drop out however, so there is plenty of
room for new talent. If you can join us in
this worthy endeavor, call me anytime.
—Ray Diaz, VA Volunteer Coord., 444-6342
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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BOOSTERS
Help support Chapter 1919’s programs by becoming a “Booster” and adding your name to this distinguished list. Send
check contribution of $10 or more payable to Chapter 1919, MOPH and designate for “Boosters” to: Adjutant, Milt Carr,
5114 Balcones Woods Drive Suite 307 #175, Austin, TX 78759-5212.
INDIVIDUALS
BARBARA HANSON 8/06
RICHARD HARGARTEN 4/06
FLETCHER HARRIS 8/06
MARTIN ALLDAY 3/06
LESLIE ALLEN 1/06
JOHN ALVARADO, JR. 8/05
ANNONYMOUS 8/06
LATRELL BELLARD 8/05
ROBERT BERNSTEIN 6/06
JENNYNE BILSKY 4/06
STEPHEN BODNAR 5/06
DON & BETTY BOSSERMAN 2/06
JOHN BRAND 1/06
BILL & KATHRYN BRANT 11/05
JOHN BRATTEN 1/06
JAMES L. BROWN 1/06
JOHN BURKHARDT 8/06
MILT CARR 3/06
SEAN CARR 12/05
JOE CASTRO 10/05
L.C. CASTRO 3/06
BETTY CEPEDA 5/06
JIM & ELAINE CHAMBERS 10/05
BOB HARWOOD 5/06
CARLOS & ANN HAYDEN 9/05
HERMAN HAYDON 5/06
BOB HEFFORD 10/05
MARV & PEG HEIN 11/05
B.H. HUGHES 4/06
CHARLES KELLEY 5/06
MARY ARMSTRONG KELSO 2/06
THE KERR FAMILY 4/06
CARL & BESS KLEIN 11/05
LEW LEDBETTER 6/06
HAROLD & MAUREEN LEWIS 10/05
HAROLD MARBURGER 8/06
ARTHUR MASUR, JR. 6/06
"PAPPY," MASCOT MEMORIAL 11/05
JOHNNIE & JOHNNIE MATL 3/06
RAY MCKEE 7/06
ALICE & JERRY MEEK, WDM, IA 5/06
R. LOUIE SPINELLI 2/06
HARRY & MARILYN SWAN 1/06
GABRIEL TAMAYO 11/05
CHARLES TARVER 7/06
GWEN & ARTHUR TATE 8/06
W.R. TIMMERMANN 3/06
VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC DONATIONS, Daily
SERVANDO & MARY VARELA 3/06
WALTER WALDON MEMORIAL 4/06
JACK WARDEN 5/06
ROBERT & JUNE WHITMAN 12/05
MAUREEN YETT 4/06
JOE ZORNICK 3/06
ORGANIZATIONS
ACES 2/06
MOPH SERVICE FOUNDATION
ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23 12/05
RAV - REGULAR AMERICAN VETERANS 3/06
TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM, Monthly
VFW POST 3377 1/06
VFW POST 856 1/06
ALL-STAR DONORS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS DUE TO EACH OF OUR SUPER BOOSTERS, INDIVIDUALS WHOSE GIFTS HAVE TOTALED
$100 OR MORE — AND CORPORATE DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE PAST YEAR.
PATRIOT BULLETIN SALUTES
— Martin L. Allday, J.D. — John Alvarado, Jr. — Robert Bernstein, M.D. — Don & Betty Bosserman —
— John Brand — John Bratten — James L. Brown — John Burkhardt — Jim & Elaine Chambers —
— Raymond Diaz — Wallace Downey — Rufus Dye — John Eli — Mr.& Mrs. Elton Goodall —
— Jack Hadsell — Fletcher Harris — Robert Harwood — Carlos & Ann Hayden — Carl Klein —
— Lew Ledbetter — Harold & Maureen Lewis — Jerry & Alice Meek — Ponciano Morales,III —
— Henry & Delores Papke — E.L. Parker — Fred & Elaine Rey — Harold Rose — Walter Waldon Mem.—
CORPORATE LEVEL
— Odd Fellows Lodge #23 — Olga’s Beauty Spa — Outback Steakhouse —
JACK CHAVEZ 4/06
MARCUS COHEN 12/05
BOB COOK 3/06
JOE CRUZ 3/06
HARRY DAVES 8/06
RAYMOND DIAZ 6/06
WALLACE DOWNEY 10/05
PHILIP DREISESZUN 9/05
RUFUS DYE 7/06
JOHN ELI 8/06
VIRGIL L. ELLIS MEMORIAL 1/06
JAMES W. FARMER, SR. MEMORIAL 8/05
VIC FRYSINGER 1/06
GONZALO GARZA 3/06
TONY GONZALES 4/06
MR&MRS ELTON GOODALL 6/05
RANDY & VIOLA GREENE 10/05
JACK HADSELL 3/06
LEE HAGAN 3/06
GEORGE MIGL 12/05
ROY MILLER MEMORIAL 9/05
DONALD MORRISON 5/06
BILL NEWBERRY 3/06
CHAPTER 1919 OFFICERS 10/05
HENRY & DELORES PAPKE 3/06
EDGAR PARKER 11/05
FRANK & KATHY PLUMMER 8/06
FRED & HARRIETTE RETTIG 7/06
FRED & ELAINE REY 7/06
ARTHUR RICE MEMORIAL 4/06
MARLIEN RICE 12/05
MINNIE RICE 12/05
HAROLD ROSE 8/06
JACK SALTER 9/05
ED SCHMALREID 7/06
CLARENCE SEIDL 1/06
JAMES D. SEYMOUR, JR. 5/06
CARLOS SOZA 8/06
BUSINESSES
AUSTIN DUCK ADVENTURES 11/05
BAE SYSTEMS 4/06
CAPITOL BEVERAGE 8/05
EL AZTECA RESTAURANT 12/05
HILL'S CAFÉ 5/06
INSTY-PRINTS S [ELLER FAMILY] 4360 S CONG.
THE KYLE FAMILY
LONE STAR SUPPLIES 2/06
MCKINNEY E-SYSTEMS & ASSOC., INC. 5/06
MIKE'S PRINT SHOP 6448 HWY 290E
MORALES & ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, INC 5/06
OLGA'S BEAUTY SPA 10/05
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE IH-35 N 12/05
RANDALLS FOOD MKTS, INC, QTRLY
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4/06
SYSCO FOOD SVC OF AUSTIN, QTRLY
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PATRIOT BULLETIN
Tributes
For a donation of $25, or more, we will place your message in twelve subsequent
publications of the bulletin. Special Note: Your contribution may be tax-deductible to the
extent of the law prescribed in the Internal Revenue Code.
—MILT CARR, (512) 343-7940
In Honor of our Grandfather
And Great-Grandfather
CURTIS WASHINGTON
This is in Memory and Gratitude
For the Many Members of
173rd Airborne Brigade 6-4-69-RVN
Who gave their all to their country and will
never be forgotten
RAYMOND DIAZ 6/06
And in memory of his Tank Crew, 11th Armored Division
who fought in the BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Who Passed On While
They Fought for Our Nation
In Memory Of Departed LAMOPH Officers
BETTY DYE - ROBERTA HARWOOD
SHIRLEY CAVANAUGH -BILLIE ELLIS
MARIA ELISA RODRIGUEZ
Good Officers & Great Ladies
“Thanks for the Memories”
In Tribute To Our Sons:
MAJOR JACK E. BOWEN, USAF
USAF Acad Class ‘68, FAC, Vietnam
CHIEF RONALD R. BOWEN, USN
Nuclear Sub U.S.S. SAM HOUSTON
In Memory and Gratitude
CPL BENNY MATIAS, JR.
9th Infantry Division 12-11-68-RVN
CPL JOE GARCIA
ANN LINGO 4/06
IN MEMORY
Of my fellow Aviators of the
4th Air Commando Sqdn
AC-47s “Spooky”
Those who answered the final call in Vietnam
MAJOR/USAF (Ret) JERRY L. MEEK 5/06
In Memory of those pilots of the
367th Fighter Group
—WWII Europe
That made the supreme sacrifice
RUFUS DYE 7/06
All Services
1/06
RICHARD, BETH, ELISE, HALEY, JULIA & PAIGE
JACK & LUCILLE BOWEN 3/06
In Memory of the Pilots of the
18th Fighter / Bomber Group
Who Lost Their Lives
During The
KOREAN WAR
RUFUS DYE 7/06
IN MEMORY
Staff Sgt JOHN J. BROWN
A Good Soldier,
A Great Father
JIM BROWN 1/06
IN MEMORY
HANG IN THERE
MEN OF MOPH 1919
“HAVE A GREAT YEAR”
RAY McKEE 7/06
Of the 27 crew chiefs and pilots
Who died in a single plane crash
In England during WWII
439th Troop Carrier Group
JACK HADSELL 3/06
This is in Memory of
In Memory of Members of
LtCol, USAF, Retired, M.C. Quillen
Ex-POW
MACV Advisory Team 79
“With Whom I Flew Many Hundreds of
Hours With for the State of Texas”
who were killed or wounded, and
to those who survived the conflict
“GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
JACK BOWEN, EX-POW, WWII 4/06
In Memory of the pilots of the
Vietnam —1964 - 1965
HAL HUTH 9/05
TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS, PAST
AND PRESENT, WHOSE EFFORTS
AND DEDICATION HAVE MADE
MOPH CHAPTER 1919
THE BEST IN THE NATION !
HAROLD [TEX-HOSS-HAL] LEWIS 3/06
TO THOSE
WHO SERVED
Semper Fidelis
WILLIAM NEWBERRY 4/06
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES W. FARMER, SR.
Lt Col, U.S. Army, Retired
CAROLYN FARMER DOUGLAS 7/06
In Memory and Honor of the Heroes of
ADVISOR TEAM 1, I CORPS, VIETNAM-1971
And Of The
Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom
Thank You For Sacrificing Your All To Ensure
Peace and Freedom for all Mankind
JOE HARTNESS 9/05
IN HONOR OF THE 36 MEN
CO K, 333rd INF, 84th INF DIV
Who helped preserve our freedoms by
Losing their lives within 6 months time
In Belgium, Germany 1944-1945.
PFC JOHN E. BRATTEN 1/06
For Fallen Comrades
1st Armored Division (Old Ironsides)
388th Tactical Fighter Wing
VIETNAM WAR
From FORT KNOX To BRENNER PASS;
Via ENGLAND, AFRICA, and
That Made the Supreme Sacrifice
ITALY’s APENNINES, ANZIO, PO
RUFUS DYE 7/06
BOB BERNSTEIN, MD MG USA, RET 3/06
CARLOS HAYDEN 9/05
To those who gave their lives
103rd Infantry Division
Europe, 1944-45
JOHN BRAND 1/06
P A T R I O T B U L L E T IN
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More Tributes
Chaplain CHARLIE WATTERS
K.I.A.— Vietnam, Nov 19, 1967
Died Serving God, and his
Fellow “Sky Soldiers”
IN MEMORIAM
Remembering all of Chapter 1919’s combat wounded
patriots that have gone on before us, listed here in the
order of reported death: from Aug 1995 through Jun 2006.
173rd AIRBORNE BRIGADE
MILT CARR 3/06
In Memory of Patriot
ARTHUR RICE
JENNYNE BILSKY 5/06
TAPS
STANLEY R. STOUT, SR.
LEONARD D. JALUFKA
LEE R. DAVIS
WONLEEY GRAY
CATO R. SALAS
BILLY J. CLIFTON
WILLIAM C. PRATT
ROY P. BENAVIDEZ
BILLY J. OGAN
MAXEL ROGERS
CARL E. VOTTI
DORMAN A BELDEN
JESSE (J.D.) STALLINGS
LYSTER “STEVE” CONDITT
TONY BUCKLEY
WILLIE E. BOLDEN
PETER P. CACCAVALLA
KIRK KEENEY
NORRIS P. ROBBINS
JAMES W. SYRELL
WAYNE RANDOLPH
JAY FRANCIS STEELE
ALLEN S. THOMPSON
FRANK E. SMITH
CLIFFORD (CLIFF) WHITLEY
RODNEY R.HENDERSON
J.L. VAN DYDE, JR.
ROY O. BENNER
FARRIS C. RANSOM
RICHARD M. (DICK) WEST
JAMES E. (PAPPY) HINKLE
EDGAR STEWART
ROBERT O. VITERNA
HERMAN (RAY) WADDELL
SAMUEL T. HASTINGS
ROBERT HARRIS
ERWIN A YOUNGBLOOD
ROBERT H. HIBBENS
EDMUND J. (ED) SOCHA
JOHN A. McCARTY
HARRY L. STITH
LEON B. ANDERS
JOE MONTEZ, JR.
FLOYD P. CLEMENT
LARRY S. WETTER
RAYMOND LEAL
HARMS FISCHER
MATT O. DELMAS, JR.
CLAUDE V. BLACKWELL
ODELL D. NIVENS
JULIAN M. LARA
ALFRED G. MELANCON
FRANK G. BRETH
JAMES M. (JIM) INKS
THOMAS L. BRADFORD
JESSE DEWEY SMITH
KYLE O. THOMPSON
DALE A. HERRITT
CURTIS E. SCHATTE
FLOYD L. ABEL
BILL H. KERR
OTHA R. LUMPKINS
ROLF O. RICHVOLDSEN
BISHOP D. (B.D.) McKENDREE
JOHN E. STAVAST
AUGUST R. DELUCIA
ELMO T. STUDDARD
JOHN C. ONTIVEROS
TOMMY A. PROVENCE, JR.
ROBERT E. McBROOM
BLAIR C. SMITH
MILFORD R. DAVIS
ERNST LINDIG
CHARLES W. WARWICK
WALTER R. LEWIS
DAVID A. HARLEM, SR.
LARRY C. SHIPMAN
WINSTON L. CAVE
JAMES W. (JIM) FARMER, SR.
EDMOND G. DEBERRY
FRANCIS T. EYRE
CHARLES L. FRIZZELL
JOE A. LOCKWOOD
MELFRED L. FORSMAN
VIRGIL L. ELLIS
CURTIS O. WASHINGTON
WALTER B. WALDON
ERIC E. HEBBE, JR.
ARTHUR RICE
WALTER E. KIZZIA
FLOYD E. BENNETT
TOM F. PRIDDY
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JANUARY ’07
1ST, BREAKFAST
17TH —STAFF NOON
SAT., 20TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
CAMP MABRY
MUSEUM
Lunch Afterward at
Luby’s Cafeteria
MOPAC at Steck
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
7TH BREAKFAST
4TH BREAKFAST
3RD STAFF NOON
13TH STAFF NOON
OCTOBER
2ND BREAKFAST
11TH STAFF NOON
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SAT, 16TH, 10AM
PURPLE HEART DAY
SAT, 14TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING MONTHLY MEETING
CELEBRATION
CAMP MABRY
“The 224th Anniversary
CAMP MABRY
Of the Purple Heart”
FOOD AND DRINKS FREE
FOR PATRIOTS, FAMILY &
GUESTS
CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
FEBRUARY
5TH BREAKFAST
21ST —STAFF NOON
FRI, 23RD, 6PM
GEORGE
WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY
DINNER PARTY
At “The Austin Club”
Great Entertainment,
Great Food, and, a
Great Time at a Great Party
MUSEUM, Bldg # 6
MUSEUM, Bldg # 6
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
6TH BREAKFAST
4TH BREAKFAST
8TH STAFF NOON
SUN 10TH -CHILDREN’S
CHRISTMAS PARTY
3-5PM
SAT 16TH-OUTBACK
PURPLE SANTA BENEFIT
SAT, 11TH, 9AM
VETERAN’S DAY
PARADE
up Congress Ave, then
11:30AM — 1:30PM
SUN, 17TH, 1—5 PM
CHAPTER / UNIT
Lunch Afterward at Luby’s
CEREMONY
Luby’s Cafeteria
MOPAC at Steck
FOLLOWS AT 11AM
MOPAC at Steck
HILL’S CAFÉ
SOUTH STEPS OF THE
CAPITOL BLDG
HOLIDAY PARTY
BOTH PARTYS ARE AT
ODD FELLOWS LODGE 23
6809 GUADALUPE
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Lunch Afterward at
5TH BREAKFAST
2ND BREAKFAST
21ST —STAFF NOON 18TH —STAFF NOON
SAT, 24TH, 10AM
7TH BREAKFAST
9TH - STAFF NOON
SAT, 12TH, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING, AND
MONTHLY MEETING
CAMP MABRY
MUSEUM
SAT, 21ST, 10AM
MONTHLY MEETING
ANNUAL ELECTION
OFFICERS INSTALLATION
HILL’S CAFÉ
CAMP MABRY MUSEUM
Lunch Afterward at
Lunch Afterward at
TBA—MEMORIAL
DAY ACTIVITIES
LUBY’S CAFETERIA
Luby’s Cafeteria
MOPAC at Steck
MOPAC at Steck
4700 S Congress Ave
PFLUGERVILLE
COOK-WALDEN
CAPITAL PARK
14619 N IH-35
4TH BREAKFAST
14TH—STAFF NOON
SAT, 16TH, 11AM
Chapter
ANNUAL PICNIC
FULL COOKOUT MENU
CAMP MABRY
PICNIC GROUNDS
Free For Members,
Family, And Guests
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